Cash-registers tab-actuating mechanism



APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, 1920.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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F. E. MILLER.

CASH REGISTERS TAB ACTUATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.2. 1920.

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' F. E. MILLER. CASH REGISTERS TAB 'AGTUATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-Z. I920.

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UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICEQ rRnnnRIcK EDWARD MI R, on ST, Louis,ivrxsson'nr, Assmnon 'ro ST. LOUIS CASH REGISTER COMPANY,INCORPORATED,or ST. Lotus, MISSOURI, "A conronn'rion OF MISSOURI.

cAsn-nneisrnns ran-noruiarine MECHANISM.

7 To all whom it"mag cancer n:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnicir Enwann MILLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Cash-Registers Tab-Actuating Mechanism,

' of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description, such as will enable others, skilled in the art towhich it appertains, to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings. forming part of this specification.

The present invention has relation to improvements in cash registers,and 18 more particularly an nnprovemcnt over Patent- 1 No. 1,080,162, toE. Patten, dated Deeration forming the subject matter of this invention,there is no limit to the amount that may be registered and indicated. In

order to attain this increased capacity, l

have invented a new mechanism for reg1s' tering and indicating dollarsand cents, the five cent and dime mechanism remaining unchanged.

By virtue of the present 'mprovement, I have secured greater compactnessand greater simplicity of construction, the mechanism whereby this is,done being more easily operated and more cheaply manufactured. r

Further objects will be better apparent from a detailed description ofthe invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. i

F igure 2 is a plan View with parts in section and other parts, havingno direct bearing on the present improvements, omitted.

Figure 3 is a detail view showing the liftingbail and its connectionwith the dollar.

segment, also the lockingmeans for the handle.

Figure at is a vertical section on the line 1 4 of Figure. 1.

. Figure 5 is an end viewof the indicator lifting bar and associatedmechanism.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the frame of the machine inwhich a lifting bail 2 is trunnioned, and 8 is a handle pivotallymounted on a plate 1, trunnioned in the frame of the machine. A link 5is pivoted at the rear end of the handle '3, said link being adapted tocome beneath the stem 60f any selected indicator tab as the =-handle 3is swung to position over the proper notch of the frontplate 7, in orderto indicate the amount registered. WVhen the handle is swung to theposition shown in igure 2, its link 5 will be free of the liftingtabs,and this latter position is the position of the handle when it isdesired to indicate and register dollars only. Obviously, when thehandle is in this latter position, if the mechanism whereby the dollarsare indicated is not set up, it would be possible to depress the handleand consequently open the cash drawer without indicating or recordingany amount, which is the case in Pat. No. 1,080,162. In order to preventthis, the handle 3 when in the position shown in Figure 2 is lockedagainst movement by means of a depending finger 8, mounted on arockshaft 9, said finger 8 in its normal position being immediately over thelink 5 and remaining in this position until an amount is set up in thedollar actuating mechanism, when said arm is released, as will morefully hereinafter appear.

Secured against theside of frame 1, is a plate 10, on which plate ismounted the mechanism for setting up or controlling the amount'to beindicated by the dollar or integer tabs 11, arranged in a bank and mounted in plates 12, on one side of the'machine. The controlling mechanism,to which this 1 invention particularly relates is as follows:

A plate 13 ismounted on the plate 10 by means of studs 14, it, saidplate being provided with slots 15, 15, whereby it is Specification ofLetters Patent, Patented Aug. 29, 1922. 2 Application filed August 2,192 0. Serial No. 400,595.

slidable back and forth on the plate 10, and mounted above said plate onthe end of the rock shaft 9 is a finger 16, provided with a pin 17 onits free end, said pin being held. in contact with an inclined edge 18,formed on the plate 13 by a spring 19. A spring 20 tends to hold theplate 13 in its home position, at which time the finger 8 is in positionto lock the link 5 on the handle 3, when said handle is swung to aposition for indicating dollars, as shown in Figure 2. A controllinghandle 21 is pivoted at 22 near the lower end of the plate 10, saidhandle being provided with an arcuate portion 23, having a number ofteeth t on its edge equal to the number of dollar tabs 11. The end ofthe plate 13 beneath the tabs 11 is provided with a pair of spaced-apartears 24- wherein is mounted a lifting bar 25. The plate 13 is providedwith a pin 26 engaging the handle 21, and upon oscillating said handlethe plate 13 will be reciprocated to a position commensurate with theamount that said handle has been oscillated, and the lifting bar 25will, of course, be carried with the plate 13 and assume a positionunder the stem of one of the indicator tabs-11.. In order that thehandle 21 may be moved step by step, so as to bring the lifting bar 25under any selected indicator tab, a pawl 27 is mounted adjacent thearcuate portion of the handle 21, which has its nose in the uppermost orfirst tooth '6 when the handle 21 is in its home position; said handlecan now be oscillated to the proper position to effect the lifting ofany dollar tab, and in Figure 1 the handle is shown dotted in the properposition to raise the fifth tab from the rear, or the five dollar tab.

A second reciprocating plate 28 is p0sitioned beneath the plate 13, saidplate 28 being secured to the plate 10 by studs 29, 29 operating inslots 30, 30. The plate 28 is provided with a pin 31 near its forwardend, said pin resting within a slot 32 in the handle 21, and as thehandle 21 is oscillated, the plate 28 will likewise be reciprocated to aposition corresponding to "the amount of oscillation of the handle 21.

A yoke 33 is mounted on a rod 3%, said yoke having an upwardlyprojecting arm 35, the latter carrying a tooth segment 30 adapted. toengage a gear 37, whereby the dollar wheels are rotated. The yoke 33 isalso provided with a downwardly projecting arm 88, the extremity ofwhich arm 38 is provided with a pin 30, projecting through an arcuateslot -10 in. the plate 10, and also traversing a slot 4C1 in the rearend of the plate 28. It is thus seen that as the handle 21 is oscillatedand the lifting bar 25 positioned beneath a selected tab 11, the lockingfinger 8 will be released, and the plate 28 will be reciproeated tooscillate the yoke 33, so as to rock the dollar segment 36 to a positionto register the amount of dollars in the counter wheel that have beenset up on the indicator tab.

After the lifting bar is positioned and the dollar segmentcorrespondingly oscillated, the handle 3 is depressed, whereby the bail2 will be raised to effect the lifting of the designated dollar tab andrestore the thillar segment to its home position, during which operationthe gear 37 will be rotated and. the proper number of dollars registeredin the counter wheels by the actuating mech anism which is as follows:

A rocking frame 42 is pivoted on the rod 3 1 and is provided with anL-shaped slot 13, through which pin. 4, 1 projecting from the bail 2extends. The rocking plate 42 is provided with an extension 45, having apin 46 in its extremity, which pin traverses an inclined slot 17 in alifting plate 48 slidingly secured to the plate 10. by means of studs 49l9 traversing slots fill-50. The forward end of the rocking plate 412 isprovided with an arcuate slot 51, having an angular extension 52, whichis trav rsed by a pin 53, projecting from a pawl the nose of which pawlupon being oscillated is adapted to enter anyone of ten serrations 55 onthe lower edge of the plate 13. ()n depressing the handle 3 and raisingthe bail 2, the pin 1-4; will. be carried upwardly. traversing arcuateslot in the plate 10, and rocking the plate 12, thereby lifting theplate 418, which latter in turn will lift the lifting bar by virtue of ileg 57 eng: ring a pin 58 projecting from the lifting l tr 25. the plate42 is rocked the pin will be forced out of the slot into the slot 51,thereby rocking the pawl until. its nose engages one of the serrationsand which will hold said pawl in this position until the rocking plateagain returns to its home position, which it will do, upon releasing thehandle l. As the bail 2 is raised, the pin t1 thereof will engage aprojection 69 on the yoke 2-33 and force said yoke back to its normalposition, during which time the segment 36 registering dollars in thecounter wheel, the gear 37 having previously been thrown in mesh withthe teeth of said segment 36. The mechanism whereby the gear 37 iscaused to engage with the teeth of the segment 36 is the same as thatset forth in. the aforesaid Patent No. 1,080,162. The depressing of thepin will likewise cause the pawl 27 to be disengaged from the teeth ofthe handle 21, since said pin 52? engages the rear leg of the pawl .27,()hvionsly, he restoring of the yoke 53 to its normal position will drawon the plate 28 and likewise restore said plate to its normal position,and in doing so, will likewise restore the handle 21 to its normalposition by virtue of the pin 31 which engages the slot 32 of saidhandle. However, the plate will not be restored to its normal positionon depressing the handle permit the pawl27 toagain-engage the teeth ofthe handleQl, and the pawl 54 to again become" disengaged from theserrations 55, atwvhichtime theplate l3 will be restored to its normalposition under the influence of the springQO.

"Th'e plate' 28 is provided with a series of teeth 59 on its upper edgeabove which is mounted 'a locking paWl- 60,which pawl is held out ofengagement with said teeth by means of pin 61 which bears against thelower "edge of an opening in the rocking plate42, but upon rocking theplate 42, said pawlwill be depressedunder the influence of a" spring 62,and willengage'with the teeth 59'thereby locking the plate-28 againstforward movement when the mechanism is set, but permittingsaid plate 28to return to itsnormalpositionat the propertime. The

pawl is provided as a safety device to prevent tampering With themechanism or accidentallyderanging the-same A release handle 63 isslidingly mounted on the handle 21 and said handle 63 is provided withan arcuate extensionfia upon whichapin 65, projecting from the pawl 27,bears. In whatever'position the handle 21 may beoscillated, the arcuateportion of the handle 64- will' engage with the pin 65, so that, at alltimes, the handle 63 may be raised in order to lift the pawl 27 out ofengagement with the teeth 25 of the controllin handle. The handle 63therefore may be operated to release the pawl 27 and step back thehandle 21 any number of spaces,

should an error be made in setting said handle 21.

It is understood that a bank of tabs may be mounted on the side of theframe opposite to the dollar tabs with actuating mechanism of its own,and said tabs may be adapted to indicate odd cents or higher multiplesof dollars for instancefrom 10 (ten) to 90 (ninety) dollars inclusive.In this manner, the capacity of the present machine may be readilyenlarged, by merely adding another bank of dollar tabs to indicate up to$99.95 (ninety-nine dollars and ninety-five cents), or the machine maybe provided with additional banks of tabs, and its capacity increased toany amount desired. It is thus seen that my invention consists of acomplete registering and indicating device, and if desired, couldconstitute the sole registering and indicating mechanism of a cashregister. Obviously,'it is within the purview of a skilled mechanic tomodify the invention Without, in any way, departing from the'spirit.ofjthe same. 7

Having described-my invention, what I claim is: 1. In a machine of theclass described, a

plurality of indicating tabs, lifting, means adapted to be positionedbeneath any one of ity of indicating .tabs, a lifting bar adapted tocooperatewith said tabsfmeans for selectively positioning said liftingbar in 00- operative relation with any one of said tabs andsimultaneously releasing the. handle locking means, and means forrestoring said lifting bar and locking meansto their normal positionsafter the handle has. been operated. i

In amachine of the class described, a

registering mechanism provided with a pin ion for introducing numbersthereinto, a

rack segment for cooperating with said pinion, a' member for positioningsaid segment,

a? controlling handle adapted to be set so as to selectively positionsaid member, an operating handle and associated mechanism, adapted topositively restore the racksegment to its normal position and .torestore the controlling handle to its normal position simultaneouslywith the restoring of the rack segment.

In a machine of the class described, an operating handle, a lifting bailfor cooperating with said handle, a registering mecha nism having apinion, a yoke having a rack segment adapted to rotate said pinion, acontrolling handle, connecting meansbetween said controlling handle andyoke for positioning the rack segment, and means on said bail forpositively restoring the rack segment and controlling handle to theirnormal positions upon actuating the operating handle. i

5. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of indicating tabs,registering mechanism provided with a pinion, a lifting bar forcooperating with any one of said tabs, a rack segment for cooperatingwith said pinion, a sliding plate for selectively positioning saidlifting bar, a second sliding plate for simultaneously positioning therack segment for counting dollars in the registering mechanism, acontrolling handle for imparting movement to said plates, an operatinghandle for positively raising the lifting bar after the same has beenpositioned and simultaneously positively restoring the rack segment toits normal position, thereby registering dollars, and means forthereafter releasing the sliding plate for positioning the lifting bar.

6. In a machine of the class described, a plurality 01? indicating tabs,lifting means adapted to be positioned beneath any one of said tabs, anoperating handle adapted to raise said lifting means, means for lockingsaid handle against movement, and means for automatically releasing saidlocking means simultaneously with the positioning of the lifting means.

7. In a machine of the class described, an operating handle, means forlocking said handle against vertical movement, a plurality of indicatingtabs, a lifting bar adapted to cooperate with said tabs, means forselectively positioning said lii'ting bar in cooperative relation withany one of said tabs and simultaneously releasing the handle lockingmeans, and means for automatically restoring said lifting bar andlocking means to their normal positions after the handle has beenoperated.

8. In a machine of the class described, indicating tabs, registeringmechanism including a pinion, a gear segment for actuating said pinion,a tab raising element, a member adapted'to position said segment andele- 'n1.ent, a selective handle "for setting said member, and anoperating handle for positively actuating said element and segment.

9. In a machine of the class described, indicating tabs, registeringmechanism including a pinion, a gear segment for actuating said pinion,a tab raising element, a member adapted to position said segment andelement, a selective handle for setting said member, and an operatinghandle for actuating said element and positively returning said segmentto normal position.

10. In a machine of the class described, indicating tabs, registeringmechanism including a pinion, a gear segment for actuating said pinion,a tab raising element, members adapted to move in straight lines toposition said segment and element respectively, a selective handle forsetting said members, and a manually controlled operating handle foractuating said element and segment.

11. In a machine of the class described, cent tabs, dollar tabs, meansadapted to be positioned to actuate said cent tabs, means adapted to bepositioned to actuate said dollar tabs, a machine operating handle, andmeans for locking said handle when neither of said tab actuating meansis in functioning position.

12. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of indicating tabs,a machine operating element adapted to be selectively shifted todifferent positions to actuate diflerent ones of said tabs and alsoadapted to be shifted to a position in which it operates the machinewithout actuating one of said tabs, su 'iplementary tab actuatingmechanism adapted to be manually set in operative position and to beautomatically operated by said element, and an automatic lock for saidelement functioning only when neither said element nor saidsupplementary mechanism is in tab actuating position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature this 31st day ofJuly, 1920.

FREDERICK EDIVARD MILLER.

